A WOMAN has spoken of her lucky escape from the grasp of a potential rapist when she was a teenager.

The witness, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she was pinned to the bed by Junior Bryan but managed to flee when he was distracted by someone calling at his Middlesbrough home.

Bryan, known as JC, is accused of carrying out a two-decade-long reign of terror, forcing a number of young girls into prostitution after getting them addicted to heroin and raping them.

The complainant told Teesside Crown Court how she was persuaded to go to Bryant's home by another teenager before he pulled her upstairs and onto a bed.

During a pre-recorded police interview, she said: "He had his arm across my chest and said just stay there, he still had his arm on me when someone came in downstairs, he shouted down 'I won't be long' before getting up and going downstairs.

"I jumped up and I heard talking to someone and that was when I jumped up and escaped."

An officer asked her what Bryan's demeanour was like throughout the incident. She replied: "He was very arrogant, it was as if he thought he had a right to do it. It's like he was used to doing stuff like that.

"I know it could have been a lot worse for me."

Bryan, who is charged with the attempted rape of the teenager, is facing a catalogue charges from 1993 to 2013 against eight women.

The 63-year-old is facing 32 charges, including multiple alleged rapes, false imprisonment, dealing Class A drugs and living off the earnings of prostitution.

Jurors heard that the alleged offences happened in Darlington, Middlesbrough, Leeds and London.

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The jury heard how one of the alleged victims, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was driven along a track near to the town's Blackwell Grange Golf Club, pictured above, on two occasions and abused.

Bryan, of Marton Road, Middlesbrough, denies all the charges and the trial continues.